British MP: Saudi Arabia violates human rights

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Helena Kennedy, a Member of the House of Lords on Monday discussed a report by human rights groups on the illegal death penalty in Saudi Arabia, referring to serious human rights violations.

At a press conference in the British House of Lords, Kennedy reviewed the human rights report, which referred to the illegal death penalty and serious human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.

Kennedy said that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul, was orchestrated by senior officials, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and confirmed by a report of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Agnes Callamard.

Saudi Arabia has carried out 134 executions this year, 37 of which were against political opponents, were collectively executed, and there are detentions, enforced disappearances and imprisonments, she said,
She stressed that executions are a systematic violation of human rights.

In early October, Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in a case that has shaken international public opinion and sparked widespread condemnation at the state level.

A few weeks ago, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published a 101-page report prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard.

She blamed Saudi Arabia over the deliberate killing of Khashoggi, asserting that there was credible evidence that senior Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, should be investigated.

YPA